Plot twist: Google's not spying on King's Cross with facial recognition tech, but its landlord is

Plot twist: Google's not spying on King's Cross with facial recognition tech, but its landlord is

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Britons working for Google at its London HQ are being secretly spied on by creepy facial recognition cameras – but these ones aren't operated by the ad-tech company.


Instead it's the private landlord for most of the King's Cross area doing the snooping, according to today's Financial Times.


"The 67-acre King's Cross area, which has been recently redeveloped and houses several office buildings including Google's UK headquarters, Central Saint Martins college, schools and a range of retailers, has multiple cameras set up to surveil visitors," reported the Pink 'Un.


King's Cross is no longer just a London railway terminus and notoriously seedy neighbourhood. The area around the station, once infamous for the types of activities featured in Irvine Welsh novels, has been extensively redeveloped – with tenants now including Google (and YouTube), various other trendy offices, eateries and so o ..

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